Events
- c. 3000 BC First evidence of gold being used (in the Middle East) was from this time period.
- c. 3000 BC Nubian A-Group, Ta-Seeti "kingdom" came to an end, possibly due to raids by Egypt
- c. 3000 BC – 2000 BC—Vessels from Denmark are made. They are now at National Museum, Copenhagen.
- c. 2890 BC Second Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Hotepsekhemwy
- Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC).
- Semitic tribes occupy Assyria in northern part of the plain of Shinar and Akkad
- Phoenicians settle on Syrian coast, with centers at Tyre and Sidon
- Beginning of the period of the Sage Kings in China, also known as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
- c. 2879 BC Rise of the Văn Lang Kingdom and the Hồng Bàng Dynasty in northern Viet Nam.
- c. 2800 BC–2700 BC—Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades, was made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Iran: Creation of the Kingdom of Elam.
- Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree "Methuselah" about 2700 BC, the oldest known tree still living now.
- c. 2686 BC Third Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Sanakhte
- c. 2613 BC Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Sneferu
- c. 2600 BC—Founding of the Chalcolithic Iberian civilizations of Los Millares and Zambujal.
- c. 2500 BC—Excavation and development of the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni at Paola, Malta, a subterranean templex complex subsequently used as a necropolis.
- c. 2498 BC Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Userkaf
- c. 2492 BC The Armenian patriarch Hayk defeats the Babylonian king Bel (legendary account).
- c. 2345 BC- Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Teti
- c. 2030–1556 BC—Xia Dynasty, first Chinese dynasty and government system established
- c. 2500 BC–2200 BC—Incised panel "Frying pan", from Syros, Cyclades is made. It is now at National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
- c. 2500 BC–2200 BC—Two figures of women, from the Cyclades, are made. They are now at Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens.
- Dynasty of Lagash in Sumer.
- Golden age of Ur in Mesopotamia. (2474 BC–2398 BC)
- Unified Indus Valley Civilisation (2600 BC).
- 2334 BC: Sargon of Akkad conquers Mesopotamia, establishing the Akkadian Empire
- c. 2300 BC C-Group pastoralist arrive in Nubia
- Indo-Europeans first invade Greece (23rd century BC).
- c. 2181 BC Seventh and Eighth Dynasty of Egypt(2181-2160)
- c. 2160 BC Ninth Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Akhtoy Meryibtowe
- c. 2130 BC Tenth Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Meryhathor
- c. 2134 BC Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Mentuhotep I
- Megalithic, Corded Ware culture and the Beaker flourish in Europe.
- Sumerian poetry, lamenting the death of Tammuz, the shepherd god
- Sumerian cuneiform writing reduces pictographs still in use to about 550
- Major religious festival in Sumeria celebrates victory of god of spring over goddess of chaos
- Earliest Trojan culture
- Glass beads in Egypt
- Beginning of the Pengtoushan culture in China.
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